Share 'Conservation, nostalgia and the march of progress'

There is a petition doing the rounds just at present headed " Help Make Conservation Matter In Crouch End".
I find myself somewhat out of tune with it. I ride up and down Shepherd's Hill usually twice a week, and the buildings in question are undistinguished, grey brick slabs, with few notable features, almost entirely hidden by trees. I might notice as they were being demolished, because of the…